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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) zygoma
the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.

Etymology: (1675–85; < NL zygōma < Gk zýgōma bolt, bar =zygō-, var. s. of zygoûn to yoke (see zygo -) +-ma n. suffix of result)

Definition of 'zygoma'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) zygoma, zygomatic arch, arcus zygomaticus
the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

Definition of 'zygoma'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) zygoma
the jugal, malar, or cheek bone

2. (noun) zygoma
the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

3. (noun) zygoma
the whole zygomatic arch

'zygoma' - Nearby Entries
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